Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16767
Points per Word
0.000179
Page Count
111
Points per Page
0.027027
Description
Traces the life of the black American poet who was born in Africa, brought over to New England as a slave, and published her first poem while still a teenager.